17.3% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Terramungamine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Terramungamine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 37% of people in Terramungamine provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care is mirrored in a strong culture of helping out, with more people volunteering and performing unpaid housework than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.3% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This aligns with the very high rate of people caring for children unpaid, which sits at 36.8%.
13.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.8% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is more common than in most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Terramungamine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13816/terramungamine/topic/community